2 Corinthians 6:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

1 Chronicles 17:13

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

Psalm 22:30

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

Jeremiah 31:1

At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.

John 1:12

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of Godthat is, to those who had faith in his name:

Romans 8:19

For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:29

Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

Galatians 3:26

Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:5

As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

Revelation 1:8

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.

Revelation 21:7

He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.